Abstract:High levels of correlation among fi nancial assets, as well as extreme losses, are typical during crisis periods. In such situations, quantitative asset allocation models are often not robust enough to deal with estimation errors and lead to identifying underperforming investment strategies. It is an open question if in such periods, it would be better to hold diversifi ed portfolios, such as the equally weighted, rather than investing in few selected assets. In this paper, we show that alternative strategies … Show more
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